through the philippines territorial tensions in the area simmering and many see the move as an attempt to undermine china's influence say and some say it's all a dangerously high stakes game america does like to miss around with the china i'm trying to stand up i taking sides in this dispute which between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cares one way or the other what the philippines over though mrs clinton has called the stop trying to see the west philippine sea that's a very strategic part of the walt a lot of shipping costs through that area and. when there are so many players involved you cannot control them all and if one goes off then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. and coming up later states of stability. disorder raising temperatures in moscow are tropical sensors in the air in the front of brazil's in town to meet with the work of wardrobe you're going to see more of. the international scandal small where the death of former russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko is gaining momentum a british

asia reportedly drafting a deal to rotate even more troops through the philippines but some experts have warned that washington's apparent attempt to grab influence away from china in the region is a dangerous high stakes game. america does like to miss around with china and trying to stand up i taking sides in this dispute between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cures one way or the other but the philippines is clinton has all the time to see the west will see that's a very strategic part of the walt a lot of shipping to that area. and when there are so many players involved you cannot control the all and if one goes off then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. let's get to some of the global news in brief now with the artery wall starting with the british government which will pay over two million pounds compensation to the family of a prominent libyan dissident it claims u.k. secret services played a key role in his kidnapping in hong kong and forcible transfer to tripoli where he was tortured by the khadafi regime in t

deal to take more troops and ships are through the philippines territorial tensions in the area also marrying and see the move as an attempt to undermine china's influence there and some say it's all a dangerously high stakes game and merica does like to miss around with china and trying to stand up by taking sides in this dispute which between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cares one way or the other for the philippines although mrs clinton has called the stuff trying to see the west philippine sea that's a very strategic part of the walt a lot of shipping costs through that area and. when there are so many players involved you cannot control them all and if one goes off then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. and coming up later this hour the states of stability in. this point are freezing temperatures in moscow or drop or go sensors in the air the president of brazil is in town said to meet with the russian leader for more than me going to start off later this hour. the international scandal sparked by the former russi

though through the philippines but some experts have warned that washington's apparent attempt to grab influence away from china in the region is a dangerous high stakes game. america does like to miss around with china and try to stand up. taking sides in this dispute which between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cares one way or the other for the philippines or mrs clinton has called the south china sea the west philippine sea that's a very strategic part of the walt a lot of shipping through that area and. when there are so many players involved you cannot control them all and if one goes off then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. are there still ahead for you in the program here on our new tools with the wrong could soon be back on track to run at the u.n. atomic agency both craze a recent visit by inspectors by the team once again being from accessing a suspicious ministry site. plus the going to shock officially diminish the level of love you can show your pads for the new and aleksey that just lation upsets the count

commander. i don't quit measuring five point six on the richter scale hit the philippines which is already a course trying to recover from the devastation brought on by last week's deadly typhoon nearly a thousand people are still missing following the plough while survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people that left more than four hundred thousand homeless. this you seeing on the screen is the funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs she was assassinated in here on monday in afghanistan she was shot dead by two unidentified men blown away to work it comes just months after a previous us or also a woman was killed in a bomb attack. twenty seven minutes past ten at night moscow time kavi is with me as you can see that must mean business and katie brushes no pulled out of the to the kyoto climate warming conference we saw an impassioned plea of just talking there about philippines everything we're going through we saw an impassioned plea didn't we from the philippines repr

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philippines. 2012 will also be remembered for a series of mass shootings from aurora, arata, to the sikh temple, to be shooting in newtown, conn.. the case around trayvon martin sparked national protest after officials refused to arrest george zimmerman. president obama continues his secret drone wars. we spend the hour looking back at the moment and movements that shaped 2012. >> democratic congresswoman gabrielle giffords has announced she will step down this week. she was shot in the head last year in a shooting spree that left six people dead in tucson. >> thank you for your prayers and for giving me the time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery, so i will do what is best for arizona. i will step down this week. >> iraqis are voicing outrage over the sentencing of the last marines charged in the 2005 massacre of 25 civilians. on tuesday, frank woodrich received no jail time. >> i was expecting the american courts would sentence the person to life in prison. he should appear and confessed to the world that he committed these crimes so that america could show itself as dem

convicted of tax fraud. the president of the philippines has declared a state of emergency as a deadly typhoon bopha is making its way back towards the country the storm claimed the lives of more than five hundred people earlier this week with tens of thousands left homeless authorities expect more heavy rains floods and landslides in the north east of the country. around two thousand protesters have rallied outside belfast city hall in northern ireland after the local council voted to remove the u.k. flag from the building a policeman was injured and irish tricolors burned as the crowd chanted and sang sectarian songs it follows trouble when the vote was first announced last monday and again on friday when eight police officers were injured and at least thirteen people detained after riots politicians have appealed for the protests to stop. and this weekend the world's best figure skaters are testing the olympic ice in russia's resort city of sochi the countdown is in full swing with just over a year left until the winter games. and all the reports from the next olympic city .

duchess of cambridge. typhoon bopha is apparently making a return pass oaf the philippines. typhtyphoon killed nearly 600 60ple in the southern part of the island chain earlier this week. latelatest forecast shows it making a u-turn to threaten the fain northern island of luzon. in this country, insurance giant a.i.g. says it will suffer a $1.3 billion loss in the wake of super storm sandy. president obama is asking $6gress for $60 billion in ederal aid for states hit hard by the storm. here's john bentley. nt reporter: more than a month after hurricane sandy slammed snto long island, workers are fill digging out from the damage. >> i'm here to coordinate the workers so they successfully clean up all the debris. >> reporter: angela bosco is the manager of this program in hauppauge, new york. out of work since march she got thatjob because of a government grant that only hires those who ire unemployed. d i never would imagine it riuld take a hurricane to bring me to a county position. it was like a blessing, actually. >> reporter: with tons of debris still left to clean up from hurricane

throughout the cold war in the post cold war the philippines and australia in particular to bear some of the burden. that's what i mean by an empire. i'm going to let the audience discover for your questions with the major conclusion of the book is the latest want to ask you before we turn it over what you -- you are walking away from america's historical a central role of the superpower, and you are talking about inevitable, necessary, a decline, and how would you respond. they want the american influence to extend long into the decade that they cannot do that bearing the same level of burden. of vladimir putin against china at the same time that what countries like vietnam and the philippines drag us into a war with china, over the sea is so azoff plater balancing triet in any case, the u.s. has so much oil deposits in texas, louisiana, oklahoma or other places i can name but we are doing to be -- because of energy reserves we are going to be a significant power for decades to come in any case, now is to get allies and others like minded to do more. >> this book has on the cover a blur

commander. a lot of quick misery so five point six on the richter scale hit the philippines which is already trying to recover from the devastation brought on by that deadly typhoon earlier only a thousand people are still missing after last week's i quote while survivors of the worst hit areas the suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people or the four hundred thousand of leftovers there's more to get. pictures here that you're looking at the funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs has been assassinated i want a afghanistan she was shot dead by two unidentified men while she was on the way to work it comes just months after. also a woman was killed in a bomb attack. a mass says it won't give an inch of palestinian land to israel during his visit to garza the group's political leader khaled mashal refused to recognize the jewish state's legitimacy with israel rejecting international calls to end its settlement expansion i spot a journalist gideon levy says the standoff between the two he thinks is set to cont

typhoon bob power which is currently battering the philippines has reached over two hundred and seventy tens of thousands have fled their homes as the elements of course are going else central areas cutting of power into entire province as rescue teams are working in the worst hit areas where it's feared the number of casualties will rise even more the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. so isn't better to. love a million coverage or has committed suicide in brussels he leaped to his death from an airport car park over eight meters high and the unnamed official said he acted without provocation while waiting for foreign ministry staff who were due to hold talks with nato officials the fifty two year old envoy leaves behind six. after four reaching criticism over massive overspending china's persistent or rather president of you has a mounds of things are going to be getting a little less showy so it's out with the huge entourages and massive penguins and the red carpets will be rolled up and stored some chinese experts believe that this could be an important

six on the richter scale hit the philippines that's already trying to recover from the devastation boredom by the deadly typhoon nearly a thousand still missing there after last week's cycle all survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people then left more than four hundred thousand homeless really desperate see. pictures here a funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs she was assassinated earlier on monday afghanistan she was shot dead by two and identified or she was on her way to work it comes just months after predecessor a woman was also killed in a bomb attack this time. we've got thirty minutes of action packed sport coming your way kate partridge here after this break. i never thought i could earn a living this way. natale issue of oil is the norm or should test small arms so those photos to machine building plant lot are the source to count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the

brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. the president of the philippines has declared a state of emergency has a deadly typhoon bopha is making its way back towards the country the storm claimed the lives of more than five hundred people earlier this week with tens of thousands left homeless saudis expect more heavy rains floods and landslides in the northeast of the country and coming up a look at colombia's four decades long civil war after a short break. so . live. i've. lived live. live . download the official the application itself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's now t.v. is not required to watch artsy all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time. as. most of the mines in segovia have passed into the hands of citizens who established small companies and have exploited them for many years now. at the mine one hundred thirty workers bring the or to the surface like ants carrying it on their backs from a depth of three hundred metres. we take the or out by the side. you try not to make it too heavy s

has hit the philippines which is already trying to recover from the devastation brought on by a deadly typhoon period thousand people still missing following last week's site what survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages and slides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people there are four hundred thousand. probably a female official responsible for women's affairs has been assassinated in afghanistan he was shot dead by two unidentified men on her way to work it comes just months after her female predecessor was killed in a bomb attack. hamas says it won't give an inch of palestinian land to israel during his visit to gaza the group's political leader on their mission home refused to recognize the jewish state that are missing with israel rejecting international calls to end its settlement expansion which journalists get in the evy says the standoff between the two will continue. really public opinion. doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the u.n. resolution and by the fact that the israel saw isolated there and also about the government is

commander. unearth quake measuring five point six on the richter scale as the philippines which is already trying to recover from the devastation brought on by a deadly typhoon thousand people still missing following last week's cycling survivors in the western areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people left one hundred thousand homeless . and this is the funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs has been assassinated on monday in afghanistan she was shot dead by two unidentified men while on her way to work comes just months after her predecessor also a woman was killed in the bomb attack. says it won't give an inch of palestinian land to israel during his visit to gaza groups political leader michele refused to recognize the jewish state that intimacy with israel rejecting international calls to end its settlement expansion the journalist gideon levy says the standoff between the two will continue. really. it doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the u.n. resolution and by the fact that these were

. >>> typhoon bopha tearing up the philippines. it's triggering flooding, landslides in the southern part of the country. at least 77 people have been killed. dozens of buildings there are destroyed and the death toll is expected to climb higher. officials in the philippines fear typhoon bopha could be just as devastating as a storm that killed over 1,200 people in the region. that was just last year. >> here in the united states, we're getting our own helping of bad weather. karen mcginnis joins us live from atlanta. good morning. >> good morning, christine. we've seen four storms in just about a week. they have pumped in that moisture across the west coast. what now has been the pineapple express, this long fetch of moisture aimed at the west coast, in some cases produced as much as two feet of rainfall. and now we're looking at more of a northerly component that's moving in here. but still a number of rivers across portions of oregon and into california, they are looking at readings that will be, all right, it looks like we have a little difficulty taking place here. but right now we have

brief now typhoon bopha which is currently battering the philippines has claimed more than two hundred eighty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm rolled across southern and central areas cut off power into entire province and rescue teams are working in the worst hit areas but it's feared the number of casualties will rise the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. to nato. has committed suicide in brussels he led to his death from an airport eight meters high and i'm named an official said he jumped while waiting for foreign ministry staff who would you to hold talks with nato officials fifty two year old envoy leaves behind six sons. in the u.k. to australian deejays pretending to be the queen and prince charles of course the royal rumpus they phoned the hospital where the president of cambridge is staying and chatted with a nurse about her condition managed to get a full update on kate's condition sort of put us in twelve weeks pregnant was admitted to hospital on monday with severe morning sickness. israel has dismissed a un resolu

which is currently battering the philippines has climbed to over one hundred turns up thousands have have fled their homes as the elements rolled across southern and central areas into entire province as rescue teams are working in areas but it's fears the number of casualties will rise even more the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on state. one person is reported to have been killed and twenty wounded during violence amid a journo strike across that police used tear gas and reportedly fired live rounds at the outraged crowds about fifty protesters are believed to have been arrested the demonstrations were organized by an opposition islamic policy which is demanding the acquittal of its leaders for alleged. tens of thousands of people have been out to celebrate the king's birthday in thailand today though it's king rama the nine it's the monarch who turned eighty five is greatly of reveled in the country the ruling turn. where he's being treated for a lasting illness and preceded in a motorcade star royal palace time and retains a strict laws protecting the king's

the philippines as claimed more than two hundred eighty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm rolled across southern and central areas cutting off power to entire provinces cities are working in the worst hit areas but it's feared the number of casualties will rise the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. so be as i'm best at arjun a job brown is lover milinkevich as committed suicide in brussels he leaped to his death from an airport carpark eight meters high and unnamed serbian officials said he jumped while waiting for foreign ministry stuff we do to hold talks with nato officials the fifty two year old envoy leaves behind six sons. and in the u.k. two australian deejays pretending to be the queen and prince charles of course a royal rumpus phoned the hospital where the pregnant kate middleton is dane and chatted with a nurse about her condition the hoaxers managed to get a full update on the duchess of cambridge's condition she is thought to be less than twelve weeks pregnant and was admitted to hospital on monday with severe morning si

the philippines real scenes of destruction there so already of course trying to recover from the devastation caused by last week's deadly typhoon nearly a thousand people are still missing after the site closed while survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people that left more than four hundred thousand ogress. pictures here a funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs she was assassinated earlier monday in afghanistan and she was shot dead but to want to dent of five men well on her way to work it comes just months after that also a woman was killed in a bomb attack. the western warnings asserting over syria's chemical weapons but nearby israel's got another worry on its mind right now that that arsenal could get into the hands of hezbollah for israel such arms being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a real red line markers papadopoulos editor of politics first magazine told us these concerns are not groundless either. there's a very strong p

typhoon bopha which is currently battering the philippines has climbed to over two hundred tens of thousands have fled their homes as the elements rolled across southern and central areas into entire province as rescue teams are working in the worst hit areas but it's fear the number of casualties will rise even more the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. the mayor of london has addressed of the u.k. should significantly cut back its tights its a links with the e.u. doubling the euro as a kilometer is project a call for a referendum on the wall of the country in the block and robert oulds director of the bridge group think tanks as the mayor has struck a chord with the british people the majority want the u.k. out of the e.u. once and for all. according to the opinion polls most people in britain do want the u.k. out of the european union i think the e.u. is a massive burden both in terms of tax amount of money you have to pay to the you each year and of course it regularly treat burden trade with other businesses individuals on the continent will alway

. romney reportedly met with pacquiao, who is a congressman in the philippines, before the fight. pacquiao lost in the sixth round knockout. discuss, go ahead, lz. >> well, i thought it was absolutely awesome that mitt romney went in and gave pacquiao a pep talk, then manny get out and gets knocked out. it was so symbolic. >> you are wrong for that. i thought about it, just didn't say it. >> it was so symbolic. it was like, wow, really? you know that smooth criminal by michael jackson, are you okay? are you okay? i was going, manny, are you okay? he was knocked out. it was so funny. >> i just want to tell you this. i think as a superstition -- superstition person, i'm not sure meeting with mitt romney was the right decision. >> kick a man when he's down, a member of his own party, anna, what's up with that? you called him a loser. >> i'm telling you, i'm super superstitio superstitious. a losing candidate, let's say that. >> he's not a loser but he had the loser vibe going in. >> okay. all right. >> i'm very happy to see mitt romney out and about, leading his life. boy, i wish he

first lady of the philippines. >> reporter: did they buy it? >> everybody did. do you know what the first lady of the philippines looks like? >> reporter: so i pretended to be the king of liechtenstein, and people bought it. outside, a panting crowd, paid to scream my name. >> king nicholas. >> once you have 10, 15 people with cameras, everybody else will crowd around. >> king nicholas, i love you! >> reporter: for nearly clr 5,000, you get a gang of paparazzi and fake fans to meet you at the airport. for nearly $3,000, a crowd to follow you on dates. >> the goal would be, like, wow, you must be really famous. >> reporter: some use this service for career advancement. >> i guess you could say "b" list celebrities who want attention in beverly hills and hollywood. i was exacted by ee eed -- cont agents and publicists. >> reporter: the crowd shopping felt weird. but i loved the dirn afterwards. tell me how good looking i am. toast to me. my own entourage made to laugh hi my jokes. i said you do downtown. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i might hire these guys. for new year's eve. for "good

typhoon boppo which is currently battering the philippines has claimed more than two hundred eighty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm rolled across southern and central areas cutting of power into entire provinces two teams are working in the worst hit areas but it's feared the number of casualties will rise the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. so here's an bastard junaid branislav a million coverage has committed suicide in brussels he leaped to his death from an airport carpark eight meters high and on name to serbian officials that he jumped while waiting for foreign ministry staff work who were due to hold talks with nita visuals fifty two year old envoy leaves behind six months. libyan prime minister. has reportedly survived an assassination attempt to was attacked by a group of armed men in the city of our vida two hundred kilometers east of benghazi several cars and his convoy was severely damaged in the attack the primary electorate in october was in the city for talks with the local council. the painstaking search for peace

secretary of state kurt campbell is in the philippines, 200 miles east of that country when the rocket's second stage fell to aert. earth. campbell offered only a hint how the u.s. will proceed from here. >> we will be working closely with our allies, south korea, japan, others to do a full assessment of what's transpired. our primary point at this juncture is that this step is provocative, in strict violation of u.n. security council resolutions, and we, along with the philippines and other countries in the asian pacific region condemn it. >> reporter: if the pasthe u.s. will go to the u.n. to ask for more sanctions against north korea, but this is the most heavily sanctioned state. jenna: we know there are millions of people starving. how does north korea work this out where they make this a priority, but they have people starving in their country? >> reporter: estimated to be 6 million people starving or malnutrition. it's called a military first policy. kim jong un the youthful leader of north korea only in power for about a year is expected to follow-up on this launch with another n

philippines has climbed to over two hundred tens of thousands have fled their homes as the elements rolled across southern areas from power into entire provinces rescue teams are working in the west hit areas but it's feared the number of project has will rise even more the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. one person is reported to have been killed and twenty wounded during violence amid a journalist trying to call. police used tear gas and reportedly fired live rounds at the crowds about fifty protesters are believed to have been arrested the demonstrations were organized by an opposition islamic party which is demanding the acquittal of its leaders for alleged. the mouth of london has suggested the u.k. should significantly back its ties with the dubbing the euro as a kilometer as project called on a referendum on the a role of the country in the bloc robert oulds director group think tank says the mayor has struck a chord with the british people as the majority want the u.k. out of the e.u. once and for all. according to the opinion polls most peopl

bopha which is currently battering the philippines has claimed more than three hundred twenty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm rolled across southern and central regions cutting off power into entire province is rescue teams working in the worst hit areas but as per the number of casualties will rise the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. service ambassador to nato branislav minute coverage has committed suicide in brussels he leaped to his death from an airport car park eight metres high an unnamed seven official said he jumped while waiting for foreign ministry staff he would you to hold talks with nato officials fifty two year old envoy leaves behind six items. in the u.k. to australian deejays pretending to be the queen and prince charles of course a royal rumpus they phoned the hospital where the pregnant not just of cambridge is staying and chatted with a nurse about her condition on their radio show has managed to get a full update on kate's condition which was thought to be less than twelve weeks pregnant and was admitted to

bopha which is currently battering the philippines has climbed to over two hundred so tens of thousands have fled their homes as the elements rolled across the area is cutting of power into entire province as rescue teams are working in the worst hit areas but it's fears the number of casualties will rise even more the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. after a far reaching criticism of a massive spending china's president has announced things are going to be getting a little less showy so it's out with the huge entourages and mart of banquets and the red carpets will be rolled up dr chung from the national university of singapore says it's the result of pressure from within and outside the country. of course a new leadership on the. communist party no. big problem lots of image crisis which means actually. all the bottom and top the social media has caused a lot more doubts on the corrupt. lives. probably just on the card which we all saw when. serious reports international media talking about. scandals you. really get to the communist party. officials so i

giving ceremony and also. in southern philippines the southern philippines rather has a been hit by a five point six magnitude earthquake there were no immediate reports of casualties following the tremors this comes less than a week after a deadly typhoon hit the country that storm claimed the lives of more than five hundred people and left tens of thousands homeless many of those are now starving. and right after this break r.t. travels to the scorching nevada desert as our cameras show you what the famous burning man festival is really like. the legacy no one should be proud. of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture the guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also an express lane. and how prosperous the settlement was well times have obviously a challenge when they saw i

. some other international news in brief typhoon bopha which is currently battering the philippines has claimed more than two hundred eighty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as a strong role to across southern and central areas cutting off power into entire provinces rescue teams are working in the worst hit areas but it's feared the number of casualties will rise the storm is expected to move into the south china sea on thursday. serbia's embassador junaid branislav a milinkevich a has committed suicide in brussels he leaped to his death from an airport car park eight meters high and i'm named a serbian official said he jumped while waiting for foreign military staff would util talks with nato officials the fifty two year old envoy leaves behind six months. in the u.k. two australian deejays pretending to be the queen and prince charles of course a royal rumpus they phoned the hospital where the pregnant kate middleton this day and chatted with the nurse about her condition is a manage to get a full update on the duchess of cambridge's condition she is not to be less than twelv

philippine-american war. but -- spanish american war and ended up in 2012. but we started in the series now. the book two years into the series, we decided, this is getting very serious, and we know i'm going to be called on this because of my background and making movies. going to say this is part fiction, part fantasy, but we decided to go with this book, and it -- peter took over the book. i was running the film, and we were cross-speaking all the time and checking each other constantly. i took about four and a half, five years now, and that where we are today. >> want to add to that? >> we've been friends for that whole period, since 1996. and then we decided we were going to go ahead with this project, and i thought we could do it in that year, a 60-minute documentary. i went to see oliver in new york two week later, and a ten-hour series, what i thought would take one semester and took four and a half years. so it's been a big project. it was important for us to have the book. i was suppressed how little information you can convey in a 60-minute documentary. so the book, it was an 800

the philippines. when he was in the philippines, the japanese invaded in world war ii. he was captured and put in a prisoner of war camp for three and a half years. he was about to be executed and the americans came and liberated the camp and he along with the other prisoners of war came back to america. frank buckles went back to west virginia where he worked his farm and drove the tractor until he was 107, madam speaker. it was his decision and his life's goal that he would be instrumental in helping build a memorial on the mall for all of the veterans who served in the great world war i. i met him in 2007 and this project has been going on now for five years. to try to get approval to build this memorial for all veterans of the world war i on the mall. almost as long as the war took. and so he came to washington, d.c. a few years ago, this is a picture of him that was taken recently before he died at the age of 110 at the d.c. memorial thope mall. what that is is a monument and memorial to all the veterans from the district of columbia that served in world war i. and i went

. that rocket was fired today, flying in the direction of the philippines. the white house called it provocative. the successful test firing follows four failures and the u.s. and other countries have to deal with a north korea that could be a big step closer to being able to launch a missile loaded with a nuclear weapon. experts say they have a long way to go before they can threaten neighboring countries and perhaps one day the west coast of the united states and they have yet to develop a warhead to fit atop that missile. but they're making significant progress. >> if it got to the stage it can reach los angeles. that's the significance for us. and we're just five days away from when kim jong-il passed away. so there's a symbolic importance for them doing this now. so this is the furthest they've gotten. so we have to keep an eye the closer they get. they have clearly made progress. >>> in other news this morning, and to capitol hill, the slow progress being made toward a fiscal compromise in this country that would avoid tax hikes for all of us come next year. president obama and

in oslo. the southern philippines have been hit by a five point six magnitude earthquake there were no immediate reports of casualties following the tremors this comes less than a week after a deadly typhoon hit the country that storm claimed the lives of more than six hundred people and left nearly four hundred thousand homeless while almost a thousand are still missing. at least seven people including four children have died in a midair collision between two small planes over germany the aircraft crashed into nearby fields about four hundred meters apart authorities have not released the names of the victims and have launched an investigation. but thousands of americans say they want to break away from washington and residents across the land have signed internet petition saying they don't want to be part of the united states anymore when a porn i has the story. tonight. for the other and there is that for a former colony won the right to determine its own best of the. test a perfect thing or you move forward. four weeks following barack obama's reelection nearly one million ameri

, colombia and latin america, the philippines in asia. where these forces working with the philippines and colombians over number of years were able to really address those security threats successfully. i think there's a large consensus forming in a special operations community that is the wave of the future. rather than ask for more money, the things they would need to really improve and perfect this capability can be done with a shifting of some resources internally and that requires -- and not require huge expenditures. the key is working through these other forces. it has been tried to some degree in places like pakistan, yemen, in afghanistan, there's a big effort over the last couple years training village defense forces. there also train afghan special forces and working with special police units. so that is all getting afghans ready to secure their own country. host: back to the peace from foreign affairs because you have quoted a key player in all this, retired army general stanley mcchrystal in which he talks about drones and special operations, which moved the speed of war. can

he understood the growing importance of the hispanic community and advancing their interest in american society. he lived it, he understood it, he knew it. we worked together on the recognition of philippine know veterans and he thanked me for my interest and working with him on an interest so dear to his heart. these are just a few stories. i know there are thousands more to be told. but the real story was this was a man who sacrificed for his country. but ultimately because of a kind heart and loyally to the ideals we process as americans, he became one of the most important yet humble leaders in the united states senate. senator inouye reminded us what it means to be an american hero, a war hero who carried the burden of his service with him all of his life. his courage, his patriotism, his respect for the values he fought for formed his views in this chamber. we are saddened today with the passing of one of the most respected and icon i can lead e a hero a voice for reason and common sense when reason rationalty and common sense was too often in short supply. he will be mis

. zoraida has that for us. >> good morning to you. the death toll in the philippines is rising this morning. typhoon bopha moving toward beach resorts in the northern part of the country and right now it is packing winds over 90 miles an hour. that storm has already caused massive flooding and landslides in the southern philippines. dozens of buildings have been destroyed and the death toll stands at 133 with hundreds more still missing. >>> meantime in rain soaked seattle there are concerns about more mudslides. meteorologist karen maginnis joins us live from atlanta with the latest. they cannot get a break. >> they really can't, and for some folks, this is not coming as good news because it looks like that pineapple express, that moisture coming from deep within the pacific, that's going to be shut off, but we've still got the moisture coming in from the gulf of alaska and that's going to lower the snow levels across the cascades and the olympics down to around 2,000 feet or so. it has been hovering around 3,000 or 4,000 feet. we've got additional snowfall here but also the rain m